Melissa Girls Keep Rolling, Rolling, Rolling

Friday

Jan 17, 2014 at 11:38 AM

By Marcus ElliottSports Editor

An up-and-down pre-d With its first three district games in the books, Melissa is perfect so far. The Lady Cardinals got big wins over Bonham and Princeton during the past week of play and will host Anna on Friday night looking to remain undefeated through the first half of district play.

Melissa 69, Princeton 27

Melissa found a way to silence the usually rowdy and obnoxious Princeton crowd on Tuesday night – by letting its play do the talking.

The Lady Panthers were predicted to finish second in District 12-3A and were supposed to be Melissa’s toughest threat. The Lady Cards were ahead 23-5 at the end of the first quarter and went on to win the game by 42 points.

If Princeton is second best, they are a distant second.

Keonni Conkle got Melissa off to a fast start with a three from the corner. Five consecutive points from Katie Webb and then another bucket from Conkle gave the Lady Cardinals a double-digit lead mid-way through the opening quarter.

Gill Gray had a rebound and put-back that led to a Princeton timeout, and at the end of the opening quarter Melissa led by 18.

The Lady Cardinals continued to add on to their lead with points from Whitney Taylor and others in the second. Melissa really put the nail in Princeton’s coffin in the third quarter when it outscored the Lady Panthers by 14 points and went into the fourth ahead 55-19.